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Warm Beach Camp’s ministry is about connecting people with God, one another, and all of creation.

Warm Beach Camp Programs

Life changes here! For almost fifty years, Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center has provided quality programs for the whole family, focusing on spiritual nurture, family and marriage building, character building, and civic concerns. Warm Beach Camp exists to provide time and space for people to relax, renew, have fun, and grow closer to God. Whether you experience Warm Beach Camp through a youth or family camp, come as an equestrian vaulter or as a “special friend,” you’ll find ...
Kids 2 Camp scholarship fund at Warm Beach Camp

Help a Child Go to Camp This Summer

With summer right around the corner, registrations are now coming in for the summer youth camps. It also means that we are receiving requests for help through the Kids 2 Camp program. Without financial assistance, some of the children and youth who will be coming this summer would be unable to experience their week at camp. A number of these kids come from churches and social service agencies who are working with at-risk youth. For many of these kids, a ...
Volunteers raking at Warm Beach Camp

Volunteer and Kick-Start Your Summer!

Memorial Day Working Weekend is an event where volunteers come and help the Camp prepare for its busy summer season. Volunteers paint, garden, clean, roof, sew, chop wood, power wash, help with crafts and The Lights of Christmas projects, or help in child care. It is a great opportunity for individuals, civic, school and church groups, to get involved. This year, the event is May 28-31. Volunteers who are staying on grounds arrive and get settled in on Friday night. ...
Curtis and Ed McDowell - Warm Beach Camp's youngest donor

Meet Our Youngest Donor!

Recently, a letter went out from the Camp sharing the need for some new refrigerators to meet new health regulations the County is instituting. A number of people have responded to this appeal, but one donation was hand-delivered by the donor to Ed McDowell, our executive director. Curtis Willson, the seven-year-old son of Free Methodist missionaries, Ryan and Jen Willson, brought his gift to help with the project — his entire savings — and gave it for new refrigerators. In ...
Special Friends Day Camp - volunteer opportunities

Say Yes to Volunteer Opportunities for Special Needs Camps

by Laurie Fertello I wish you could have been there when I had the opportunity recently, to tell two Mothers that their adult sons could come to Special Friends Day Camp!  You would have seen the longing on their faces turn to joy and the tears in their eyes when they finally realized a dream come true for their adult children! Saying “YES” to people who are so often told “NO”, is a great privilege of mine and I do ...
Scott-Brandenberger

Is This Myth at WBC Busted?

There is a running joke at Warm Beach Camp that once you work or volunteer here, you end up coming back over and over again for the rest of your life. Scott Brandenberger, one of our current volunteers, is evidence that this may be more than just a myth. Rod Brown, former Associate Director at WBC, recruited Scott from Greenville College in Illinois to be a summer staff counselor in 2003. “I didn’t know anyone when I got here.” said ...
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Partners in Ministry Appreciation Dinner

  Saturday, May 12th, 2018We invite you, our partners in ministry, to join us in a time of appreciation as we honor you for standing with us as donors and volunteers. The people who stand with us as volunteers and donors are vital to making the ministry of Warm Beach Camp work, and we think it is important to tell you that once in a while.We invite you to join us in a time of appreciation as we honor you, our ...

Volunteer Events

May 28-31, 2010 - Memorial Day Working Weekend November 25-28, 2010 - Thanksgiving Working Weekend December 2-29, 2010 - Volunteer during the Lights of Christmas December 30-31, 2010 - Take Down for The Lights of Christmas

Living Memorials

MEMORIAL FOR/Given By IN HONOR OF/Given By VIVIAN FISHERGerry Larsen ELISABETH AND LAURA BRIGGSMr. and Mrs. Ernie Briggs ELIZABETH KANEHENMr. and Mrs. David KanehenMr. Nick Kanehen DON GOEHNERTerri Goehner GORDON LEASORMr. and Mrs. Rod Allen MIRIAM GOODNIGHTNancy Bacon GORDON LINDGRENMrs. Arlene ScottMr. and Mrs. Don Spears BETTY HELMERMr. and Mrs. Charles Markin BILL McKINDLEYMrs. Arlene ScottMr. and Mrs. Don Spears MARSHALL LANGOHRMr. and Mrs. Charles Markin MAYNO DELAMARTER PRIEBERev. and Mrs. Virgil IversonMrs. Lois LingrenRev. and Mrs. Greg McPhersonMr. and ...

Give a Memorial Gift

When someone close to you goes home to be with the Lord, you want to give something that is fitting, meaningful, sincere. Through the thoughtfulness and concern expressed with a Living Memorial gift, Warm Beach Camp can continue to touch lives for Jesus Christ. When your Living Memorial gift is received, a tasteful and beautiful card is promptly sent to the family of the person honored telling them their loved one has been honored in this way. The amount of ...

Mission in Motion

Facilitating the mission & ministry of over 350 groups a year ranging from churches to schools and non-profit agencies Celebrating the Faith, Hope, and Love of the Christmas season with around 50,000 people a year through The Lights of Christmas. Ministering to over 200 at-risk and needy young people a year through Kids 2 Camp Scholarships. Strengthening the family through Family Camp, Dad & Me Retreats, and partnering with other churches in providing family ministry to their communities. Partnering with ...

How does a Wealth Replacement Trust work?

Assets are transferred to a charitable trust. The trustee agrees to pay a fixed or variable income for the remainder of the life of the donor or beneficiary (ies). Income tax savings from creating the trust and perhaps some of the trust income can be used to purchase a life insurance policy for you with children or other heirs designated as beneficiaries. Upon the donor's death, the assets of the trust go to a designated charity and the death benefit ...

Does it take a visit from an angel?

By Maggie Allen, Executive Assistant Is this your year to experience the joy of The Lights of Christmas from the inside out? Have you ever wondered what it takes to staff a night of this amazing multi-faceted event? ("How do they do that?") Well, it takes a lot of warm, smiling, hospitable people with willing hearts and helpful hands - one hundred fifteen volunteers or more each night, plus a small army of staff. Even though nearly all of the ...

Nurse Linda–A Big Impact in a Small Package

Little did Linda Visser realize in 1984 the long relationship she was beginning with Warm Beach Camp when, at the suggestion of Pastor Phil and Darlene Brooks, she started serving as a Volunteer Nurse. For the past 21 years, Linda has made the trek from her home in Wenatchee, Wash., to provide top-notch nursing care for a couple of weeks each summer, in addition to serving at a fall weekend teen retreat each year. Standing less than five feet tall, ...

Volunteer Keeps the Path Clear

By Beth Ensley, Development/Marketing Associate From June through September nearly every year, Don Gazaway volunteers his time, energy, riding tractor, and weed eater, taming the fast-growing thorny blackberries, stinging nettles, and tall grasses along the dirt paths, steep banks, and parking lot areas. Keeping the paths cleared at Warm Beach Camp is a challenging project. Thanks to Don's dedicated labor, many campers and visitors are able to more fully enjoy the winding paths and quiet, wooded solitude at WBC. Friends ...

Youthful Volunteers are “God’s Hands” to Others

By Jessica Beach, Administrative Assistant Warm Beach Camp has been blessed with many volunteers, both young and old. Without them, our organization would not be able to function the way it does. Here, we would like you to meet two of our younger volunteers who are leaving their mark on this ministry. Michael Stemple is not your average 20-year-old. I found this out when I asked him how he came to live and volunteer here at Warm Beach Camp. About ...

The Mortons Land at Camp to Serve

By Nancy Nelson, Development Director "This is a dream come true," exclaimed Dawn Morton, as she unfolded the story of how she and husband, Eugene, ended up at Camp. They arrived here last September with their motor home to become year-round volunteers. "I grew up in the city," Dawn continued, "but always felt like a displaced country girl. After volunteering at a few Working Weekends, I always wanted to live at Camp. Now I walk the grounds and feel like ...

The Overton Family – Immersed in Camp Life

By Nancy Nelson, Development Director Never in a million years did John and Carolyn Overton realize how immersed their entire family would become in the life of Camp when they brought their children to Home School riding lessons at WBC eight years ago. That set off a chain of events that eventually led to a move in 2004 from their residence near Snohomish, Washington, to a home overlooking Bayview Ranch House and the stables at WBC. This move was made ...

Work Parties

Come share the work and fun, and help Warm Beach Camp in the process! Needed: Volunteers of all ages with varying construction, landscaping, and/or trail clearing abilities. Come and bring your friends, civic, or church group and spend a day volunteering. We can tailor make a volunteer experience for your particular group and their abilities. For more information, or to arrange a work-day for your group, email Jessica Wilson, Volunteer Coordinator, or call her at Warm Beach Camp, 360-652-7575 or ...

Volunteer Camp Nurse

Join the more than 20 volunteer nurses who help to keep the path clear to the cross for our campers! Experience the joy of serving at Camp and help create the safe and caring atmosphere so vital to ministry success. Serve during a weekend retreat or a weeklong summer camp! Operate under doctor's standing orders. Lodging & meals provided onsite. Nurses needed for Horsemanship Camp, Day Camp, W-Bar-B Ranch Camp, Adult Retreats, Family Camp, and The Lights of Christmas. Contribute ...